Economic inequality might influence subjective well-being through psychological processes
such as status competition and social distance. However, evidence for this claim is mixed. In …

In recent decades, the economies of many countries have produced increasingly unequal
outcomes for the rich and poor. This economic trend has attracted interest from members of …

Ecological breakdown and economic inequality are among the largest contemporary global
challenges, and the issues are thoroughly entangled–as they have been throughout the …

In a large-scale, preregistered experiment on informal political communication, we
algorithmically matched participants, varying two dimensions: 1) the degree of incidental …

Countries around the world are enacting pay transparency policies to combat pay
discrimination. Since 2000, 71 percent of OECD countries have done so. Most are enacting …

Prior research has found mixed results on how economic inequality is related to various
outcomes. These contradicting findings may in part stem from a predominant focus on the …

Although the rates of economic inequality in the United States are at their highest since the
onset of The Great Depression, many Americans do not seem as concerned as may be …

Economic inequality has been associated with a host of social ills, but most research has
focused on objective measures of inequality. We argue that economic inequality also has a …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

This study proposes subjective social status—a person's perception of his/her standing in
the social hierarchy—is an important psychological mechanism driving the inequality …